Finance

Women are put off starting their own business due to lifestyle sector

Small business owners need to be clear about their financial goals Britain’s banks are offering little by way of returns to commercial savers with interest rates seemingly being kept in the doldrums. So how...

Is maintaining a healthy level of cash flow problematic for your business? Maintaining a healthy level of cash flow can be problematic for businesses of every kind, particularly in the early days when there...

What does your path to funding look like? No small business owner wants to spend all their time chasing their bank manager. The good news is, business banking tech has come a long way,...

Which small companies generated the most investment last month? For the first in a regular Business Advice series, we take a look at the startup companies which exceeded their fundraising targets in June 2018....

The financial pages have been heralding the best quarter in five years for the FTSE 100 Index As companies listed on London’s stock exchange register the best growth since early 2013, strong performance of...

An investor wants to know if you are a good match for them, and it’s not just about the funds Karen Holden, Business Advice contributor and founder of A City Law Firm, helps startup...

A majority of small business owners now expect to be rejected for finance Almost every small business needs to borrow at one time or another. However, since the financial crash of 2008 banks have...

Emma Sayle, founder and CEO of Killing Kittens The founder of a member-only sex club, Killing Kittens, put females first in a male-dominated industry by enabling safe spaces for explorative women all over the world....

Founder of Glasgow’s Honeybee Bakery, Vittoria Capaldi After being surrounded by enterprise whilst growing up, this 24-year-old set up her own patisserie business in Glasgow, Honeybee Bakery. Vittoria Capaldi trained in London and worked...